# \leftarrowtail

The ↢ symbol (Leftwards arrow with tail, U+21A2), written as \leftarrowtail in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/leftarrowtail

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Arrows](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/arrows) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ↢ |
| Unicode | U+21A2 LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH TAIL |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\leftarrowtail
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 427 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+21A2 (LEFTWARDS ARROW WITH TAIL).